Collective Archive
The Language of Rejection
Explore recurring phrases, tones, and emotional patterns across the archive.
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Rejections grouped by the work people applied for
Rejection Language
Full rejection sentences from the letters
Hollow Phrases
Corporate pleasantries that soften the blow without meaning anything
Deflections
Phrases where responsibility is displaced onto abstract forces or processes
WORDS
How long the rejections run, and the verbs they lean on most across the archive
Average word count
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Mean length of a rejection letter
Total words archived
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Combined length of every letter collected
Most Used Verbs
The actions companies reach for most when turning people down
EMOTIONAL THEMES
Recurring emotional states selected by submitters
Feelings Side
Submission comments and disappointment levels from the people behind the letters
Average disappointment
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Across all submitted rejection experiences
Average likelihood of AI
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Mean estimated chance letters were written by AI
Comment Excerpts
A small cross-section of how the rejections were felt and described by the submitters